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6 <br /> The remainder of the Pay-go funds will be used to supplement the traditional sources for <br /> High Priority Needs and allow the schools to fund much larger HVAC and roofing projects. <br /> CHCCS will use a total of $33,482,699 of its remaining funds for High Priority Needs, and <br /> OCS will use a total of$17,065,064 over the ten year plan. <br /> • High Priority Needs-$6.4 million <br /> High Priority Needs are defined as projects where a system failure would impact the <br /> facility's abilityto remain open, impairthe health of major systems, reduce the efficiency <br /> and usefulness of the facility, or are necessary life cycle replacements of major <br /> components with one to three years of remaining useful life. High Priority Needs are <br /> requested by project for the coming fiscal year and planned as a total appropriation in <br /> future years. This methodology provides the flexibility to fund the most urgent high <br /> priority needs each year. <br /> For FY2026-27, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools is requesting to replace the roofing <br /> system at Carrboro High School ($1.2 million) and East Chapel Hill High School ($3.0 <br /> million). Orange County Schools is requesting heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) <br /> replacements at A.L. Stanback($2.1 million). <br /> High Priority Needs in FY2026-27 are financed by debt($4.6 million) combined with $1.8 <br /> million in lottery proceeds. The Plan assumes that the amount of debt financing <br /> increases by 2% each year. <br /> County Long Range Facility Plan <br /> The first year of the FY2026-36 CIP funds planning and design activity for a new headquarters <br /> for Emergency Services and builds on planning and design activity currently underway for <br /> the Sheriff's Office relocation to the Link Center. <br /> • Emergency Services Headquarters Planning and Design ($3.9 million) <br /> The Emergency Services Department has been headquartered at 510 Meadowlands <br /> Drive since 2009. The County's Long-Range Facility Plan recommended replacing this <br /> facility with a new headquarters to meet security standards for emergency <br /> communication and operation centers and to accommodate future growth. <br /> The Project will also include an embedded EMS substation to serve northern Orange <br /> County. Constructing a substation within the Headquarters eliminates the need for a <br /> standalone substation in the northern part of the County that had been included in prior <br /> Capital Investment Plans. The cost of the embedded EMS substation is approximately <br /> half of the cost of a stand-alone station. <br /> Following the design phase, the construction phase is scheduled to be financed in <br /> FY2027-28 at a total cost of $44.5 million. This funding estimate has been updated to <br /> reflect a 35% increase in public safety facility construction costs following recent <br /> construction experience in other counties. For example, in the past six months, <br /> Page 14 <br />